SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of people visiting ski resorts around Seoul decreased this year due a sharp drop in temperatures, resort operators said Monday. According to the Vivaldi Park ski resort in Hongcheon, the number of visitors in January decreased 14.3 percent compared to the first month of 2017. Yongpyeong Resort, [...]

SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea ordered local companies to cut their power use to maintain a stable level of the electricity reserve rate as a cold spell caused a spike in heating demand, the state-run power exchange said Thursday. The Korea Power Exchange (KPX) said it issued a demand response order to [...]

SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The season’s first ice formation was recorded Friday on the Han River, which bisects Seoul, as the mercury fell to a morning low of 10 C below zero in many areas, the weather agency said. The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) observed the first ice formation on the river, 42 [...]

SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – With an estimated 26,000 workers and volunteers involved in the Olympics and 390,000 guests visiting from all over the world, the lower half of the Korean peninsula has its hands full in preparing for this coming winter. A joint statement released by Gangwon Province and the Ministry of SMEs [...]

SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) – A group of 500 Thai tourists is visiting Yongpyong Resort in Gangwon Province from April 13 to 15 for a special snow experience, the Korea Tourism Organization said Tuesday. According to officials, the sled experience offered by the ski resort (using not yet melted snow) is part of a [...]

SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Rivers froze, and workers hurried to their offices bundled in layers as South Korea recorded its coldest day yet this winter. The temperature dropped early Monday morning to minus 12 degrees Celsius in Seoul, with Daegwallyeong, Gangwon Province, recording minus 18 degrees. Most of the other regions on the [...]

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – November 22 in Korea is called “Soseol,” one of the 24 seasonal points on the traditional East Asian lunisolar calendar, when the first snow falls in the country. Soseol translates into “small snowfall” and comes after “Ipdong” (November 7), which marks the beginning of the winter season, [...]

SEOUL, Jan.6 (Korea Bizwire) – The Harbin Ice Lantern Festival opened on January 5. The festival is one of the three major winter festivals in the world, along with the Winter Carnival in Quebec City, Canada, and the Sapporo’s Snow Festival in Japan. The Harbin Ice Lantern Festival started its 17th year at Zhaolin Park [...]

DANYANG, Dec.4 (Korea Bizwire) – Tourists are flocking to Danyang, Chungbuk Province, to enjoy the winter wonderland, with recent snowfall marking the start of the winter season. The name ‘Danyang’ comes from ‘Yeon Dan Jo Yang’ which means ‘a place where a Taoist hermit who is said to have miraculous powers might live’. The area [...]

SEOUL, Nov.26 (Korea Bizwire) – As this year’s first snow fell on November 25, local governments are preparing for winter weather and setting countermeasures. Each local government is coming up with various ideas to efficiently clear snow off the roads. Clearing the roads in Gangwon Province, which is an area that often gets heavy snow, [...]